Improvement in wagon-bolsters



UNITED STATES LoaENzo F. WHITMAN,

lPATENT OFFICE/f OF MACOMB, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN wAeoN-BoLsTERs.

Speciic'ation formingpart of Letters `Patient No. 158,766, dated JanuaryA12, 1875; applicativi iilcd May 1s, 1874.

T o all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, LORENZO F. WHITMAN,

of- Macombkinthe county of McDonough and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Wagon-Belsters, and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction. and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the-letters .i

and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 ti lthe drawings is a representation of a sectional view of myinvention. Fig.

l 2 is a front elevation, part sectional, and Fia.

3 is a top view, in detail, of the same.

My invention has relation to wagon-holsters,

and consists in the construction and n'ovel arrangement of the endstakes and braces, which may be let down to allow the-.wagonbody to beeasily removed.

\ Referring to the drawings, A designates a wagorrbolster havingtapering ends. B represents the ,end stakes, having their lower holster.

on their lower' ends. The lugs are benii t0`` ward the4 otches, so as toproject overthe surface ofithe feet, and are also bent down at.

their endsr to hold the braces secnre1y.

By .taking out the bolts and movingthe brace to one side from theholsters, the stake -forked part falling at the sides, and the upperpart at the end of the bolster.I When the stakes are thus let down thewagon-body may be readily removed and replaced, the necessity ofliftingitover vertical stakes being obviated.'

bolster may be capped with Vmetal, as shown at E.

The object of having the endsof the bolster the end of thel bolster,the; distance from the pivot of the stake to where the arms cometogether being slightly greatrg than the distance A fromsaid pivots tothe a 'acent end of the bolster.

What I claim as new is-z- 1. The bolster A, having'itapering ends, theforked pivoted stakes B, and the pivoted braces C, having notched'feetd, and the bolts d1, all

combined substantially as specified.

to move at right angles with the plane of ro\ end stake .and brace beingat right angles with each other, substantially as specified.--:.

presence of. two witnesses. g l.

l LORENZO F. W ITMA'N.

Witnesses: 1-

Tnos. J.'Pmon,

W.' E. WITHRow.

may he let down, the arms of the'lower orv To produce greater strengththe ends ofthe `tapering is to' allowthe stake to fall over past- 2.The' combination, with the bolster andi,- pivoted end stake B, of thebrace C, pivoted; A

tation of the end stake, the pivot-pins of the [n 'testimony that Iclaim the abovel have .hereunto l`subscribed my naine in the

